daylight savings time
(again).
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My
least favorite Monday of the year is the Monday after Daylight Savings
Time
kicks in. Like everyone else, I drag
myself out of bed, get ready for work, and get out on the road with all
the
other sleep-deprived commuters. I despise getting out of bed
when it’s
still dark out. During the winter I’d
much rather have the sunlight in the morning, even if it means it gets
dark
before dinner. Now they’ve gone and
extended
DST so that it there are a couple more weeks on either side of it. As for me, I wish they had contracted it
instead. It’s
funny, because of all the things that took getting used to when I moved
up to
the Boston area, the hardest has been how early it gets dark during the
winter. The combination of being way
north and way east in the time zone means that from November through
February
it’s pitch dark out as early as 4:30 in the afternoon, which means it
starts
feeling like evening not long after you finish lunch.
By the time dinner rolls around, it’s already
been dark for hours, which gives the illusion of it being around
midnight when in
reality the prime time shows are just starting. But
even with all that, I’d still rather have the sun in the morning.
In fact, I propose we go the other way: instead
of reverting to standard time, I say let’s shift by two
hours during the winter.
The sun will go down at three in the afternoon, but it will be a
million
times easier to get out of bed and out on the road. As it stands
now, I leave the house in the
dark and I drive home in the dark; I only see my yard on the
weekends.
At least under my scheme, I’d have some
decent light for at least part of every day.
Who’s with me? |